Judge Te Kani Williams analyses how New Zealand's laws protect indigenous cultural heritage and customary rights, and poses the question - are they adequate?
Bush,
Deborah Bush
Appeal 2026/4 - Maungatautari
5A1C3B Ahu Whenua Trust and
orders to replace trustees heard
at 286 Waikato Maniapoto MB 6-
27 on 16/10/2025 and made at a
further hearing on 3/12/2025 -
Notice of Appeal (Respondent:
Maungatautari 5A1C3B Ahu
Whenua Trust)
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AP-20260000001801 45/93 Pauline Philomena
Hokianga
CJ 2026/11 - He tono ki te
Kaiwhakawā Matua ki te
whakahou, whakakore rānei i
tētahi ōta o te kooti
CJ 2026/11 - Appl...
the right to appear te mōtika kia tae ā-tinana
third party hunga kē
threshold has been met kua tau ki te taupae
threshold test whakamātautau taupae
tight timeframes angawā whāiti
traditional tuku iho
transcript tuhinga kape kōrero
transfer /transferred whakawhiti
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share hea
shareholder kaipupuri hea
shareholding pānga hea
signing waitohutanga / hainatanga
significant and irreversible prejudice tino whakahāweatanga putanga kore
site visit takahi whenua
sitting noho...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP38 10:45 AM AP-20260000008158 222(4)/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Pukekohatu 6A, 6B
Trust
Add Moana Harrop and Teresa Steer
as advisory trustees of the
Pukekohatu 6A, 6B Trust
SP39 10:50 AM AP-20260000008213 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Pakaraka 1A2A Trust
Reduce the advisory trustees of
Pakaraka 1A2A Trust by removing
Ronald Kingi
SP40 10:55 AM A...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP35 10:20 AM AP-20260000005473 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Puhiwahine Trust
Add Ranelle Robinson, Moira Hutch
and Atara Moke-Tawhara as
advisory trustees of the Puhiwahine
Trust
SP36 10:30 AM AP-20260000006174 222(4)/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Awarua 4C15F1D Trust
Appoint Frederick Hoet as an
advisory trustee of the Awarua
4C15F1D Trust
SP37 10:30 AM...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP13 11:30 AM AP-20250000015871 239/93 Māori Trustee He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Rua o Te Moko 1B
Trust
Replace Gary James Ngatai and
Zack Sullivan with Belinda Kimiora
Katene as advisory trustee of Rua o
Te Moko 1B Ahu Whenua Trust
SP14 11:35 AM AP-20260000002550 239/93 Patricia Watson He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Rangipuawahia
Whānau Trust
Reduce the responsible trustees of
the Rangipuawahia Whā...
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP15 10:00 AM AP-20240000011103 231/93 Tracey Daphne
Waller
Matekuare Whānau Trust –
Enforcement of obligations
SP16 10:00 AM AP-20240000010216 239/93 Matekuare
Whānau Trust
He whakarerekētanga ki ngā
tarahitī mō Matekuare Whānau
TrustRemove Tracey Waller and replace
with Brandyn Jacob Aranui Koroa
and Aperahama Kyvaner Koroa as
responsible trustees of the
Matekuare Whānau Trust
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT
SP7 10:00 AM AP-20260000006898 240/93 Korea
Tepuawaitanga
Matthews
He tauwehe i a Karen Francis
Matthews rātou ko Tia Paula Te Ara
Bailey, ko Leanne Tiraha, ko Korina
Matthews i te Te Puawaitanga
Mokopuna Whānau TrustRemove Karen Francis Matthews, Tia
Paula Te Ara Bailey, Leanne Tiraha,
and Korina Matthews as responsible
trustees of the Te Puawaitanga
Mokopuna Whānau Trust
Judicial Conference – the Court may
convene...
